Woking FC ace Sole anxious for crack at Braintree Town

Woking FC striker says he has "unfinished business" after his red card misery in Essex in last August

Woking FC striker Giuseppe Sole hopes to get a start against Braintree Town

Eager Giuseppe Sole is hoping to celebrate his birthday week by getting his place back in the Woking FC starting line-up on Saturday - weather permitting.

The striker, who turned 26 on Wednesday, said he had "unfinished business" as Braintree Town head for Kingfield to face a Cards side who have not played since Boxing Day with four successive matches called off.

"It was my first appearance back and my emotions got the better of me," admitted Sole, who was shown a red card for kicking out at Kenny Davis following a mid-pitch tangle.

"I feel I have some unfinished business. I let my team-mates down and hopefully if I play on Saturday I can help them get the right result.

"I'm hungry and I just want to play because it's been a stop-start season, but I knew that would be the case coming back from a long-term injury."

Sole damaged an anterior cruciate ligament in August 2012, which needed two operations to fix, so has much sympathy with crocked England star Theo Walcott.

The Arsenal flyer suffered a similar injury in last Saturday's FA Cup North London derby against Spurs, ruling him out of this summer's World Cup in Brazil.

Sole commented: "There's a lot of rehab and you have to be quite mentally strong. The injury affected me but I didn't get down about it and I saw targets to work towards.

"I was back in training in seven months so I recovered quite well but I put the work in in the gym on the bike and swimming.

"Theo will be looking to get himself ready for the start of next season, or maybe just after."

The Cards' Surrey Senior Cup third round tie at Chipstead, which was due to be played this week, will now be next Tuesday (January 14) and there are new dates too for the away league games at Salisbury (February 11) and Dartford (February 18).

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